straightforward guidance and be able to focus on other things, like each other, which isn't rocket science. it's just common sense. from td ameritrade. >>> welcome back, everybody. it looks like microsoft has won the holiday sales war for game consoles. microsoft sold more than 750,000 xbox 360 consoles in the black friday week back in november. that beats sales of both sony's playstation 3 and nintendo's wiiu. also, former new mexico governor bill richardson and google executive chairman eric schmidt have traveled to north korea on a controversial trip. schmidt is the highest profile u.s. business executive to visit the communist nation since kim jack un took power a year ago. he says the congregation intends to ask about kenneth bay. >>> amazon.com was upgraded from overweight to equal weight from morgan stanley. the firm notes potential international opportunities that the company has and increased its price target to $325 a share. >> okay. if you've got comments, questions about anything you see on "squawk," shoot us an e-mail. you can also follow us on twitter @squawkcnbc is the handl